Finland's Oscar committee said about Salmenperä's film: "A Man´s Job is a balanced film with talented acting as well as a good story and dialogue. The visual world is consistent with the script and makes the audience really live with the story. The story is not black and white and its tragic-comical aspects support its theme".
Salmenperä's first feature film Producing Adults was Finland's submission to the Oscars in 2004. Both Producing Adults and A Man's Job were produced by Tero Kaukomaa and Petri Jokiranta for Blind Spot Pictures. The film has been sold by Berlin-based MDC International to half a dozen territories including Denmark (Sunrise), Norway (Sandrew Metronome), Germany, Poland and Spain.
The Danish Oscar entry The Art of Crying is the third most successful local film in Denmark this year with some 228,000 tickets sold. The film is produced by Thomas Stenderup for Final Cut Productions with support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond. International sales are handled by AB Svensk Filmindustri.
The final five Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film will be announced on January 22, 2008, and the official Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles will take place on February 24.
"It makes me especially happy because the film is also a candidate for the European Film Awards and Nordic Council Film Prize. All this together makes a bigger impact on you. And of course I hope that all this will help MDC sell the film even more".
Tero Kaukomaa, producer of A Man's Job, about the film's selection as the Finnish Oscar entry